Administrator/Volunteer Co-Ordinator Jobs
St Hilda’s East has a 135-year history of combating deprivation and social exclusion in East London. We welcome people of all ages to our large community centre in Shoreditch where we offer a wide range of activities for local people which provide opportunities to enhance wellbeing, learn new skills and meet people of diverse backgrounds. We also run a day centre in Shadwell, with a focus on supporting elders from the Bangladeshi and other communities.
Are you keen to use your administrative skills to help support people to achieve their potential?
As Administrator at a thriving and busy community-based organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of administrative procedures as well as assisting with facilities and financial management. The role is based full-time in our offices in Shoreditch, London
What you will be working on:
- Developing our administrative systems to be efficient and fit-for-purpose
- Supporting the effective use of IT hardware and software across the organisation
- Leading on the hiring of our meeting rooms and leasing of our office spaces
- Co-ordinating facilities issues such as negotiating good value contracts with our suppliers and organising day-to-day maintenance of our centres
- Assisting in the financial administration of the charity
This job is for you, if ...
- you have experience of improving administrative systems and implementing financial procedures and controls
- you have a flexible approach to work with the ability to manage a busy and varied workload
- you have a friendly and welcoming disposition
- you possess high levels of competence in the use of IT
- you want to use your expertise for the benefit of a thriving community based organisation
How to Apply:
Visit our website for instructions on how to apply.
Closing date for applications: 11th June 2024
Interviews: 25th and 26th June 2024
Our Recruitment Policy
St Hilda's is committed to racial justice and wider inclusion and diversity. We are working towards a goal where our team fully reflects the diversity and difference in lived experiences of our local community.
St Hilda’s East is a vibrant, multi-purpose organisation providing a wide range of life-changing services and opportunities for local people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Age UK are recruiting for a Fulfilment Administrator at their Warrington site, to support the Information and Advice line by being point of contact for sending out I&A guides to the public and liaising with other departments within the charity, to assist in campaigns.
As a Fulfilment Administrator, you will provide a high standard of pick and pack services to agreed procedures, and ensure that all data processing, paperwork and record keeping is carried out to the highest standard. Undertaking daily electronic data processing and mail merge procedures using MS applications, along with the completion of administrative tasks, including: filing, stationery tracking and ACIL audit entry.
This post holder will also be responsible for warehouse activities, building security, health and safety and fire safety.
Must haves:
* Good IT Skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
* Ability to learn use of in-house systems (Navision).
* Experience of Pick & Pack or similar e.g. production line (Desirable)
* Knowledge of mail merge processes (Desirable).
* Ability to work fast while maintaining Accuracy.
* Confident & Professional Telephone Manner.
Great to haves:
* Working in a post room environment.
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, proactive and well organised administrator to develop their skills as part of the Quality and Standards team delivering administrational and engagement support for the teams’ key objectives in the raising of standards with quality assurance process to ensure projects, activities, products, platforms and services are organised and executed to a high standard. The successful applicant will have excellent administrative skills with a high level of emotional intelligence alongside relevant experience in a fast-paced environment, underpinned by a ‘can do’ work ethic and high level of probity. The successful applicant will also have a passion for supporting programmes for young people to accelerate their personal and professional development.
Role Purpose
To provide highly efficient administrative support and be proactive within the Standards Department with exceptional organisational skills, attention to detail and a strong teamwork ethic.
The purpose of this role is to provide high-level general administration for the Quality and Standards team who is responsible for raising standards through the learning lab educator platform, using benchmarking resource products, to empower young people and champion future skills.
Key tasks and responsibilities
1. Administrative support to raise standards - Learning Lab:
• Support the engagement plan activities for educators to use the online learning platform and to access educational benchmarked resources.
• To aid the Digital Skills Development Manager to support the creation of editorial and marketing scripts.
2. Administrative support to empower young people - Benchmarking Resources and National Standards:
• To assist the Quality and Standards Manager to develop teaching tools for educators in colleges and training providers.
• Effectively support the co-ordination of resources (including agencies, suppliers, volunteers, and partners) so that all project elements are delivered to acceptable standards and meet the required outcomes.
3. Support to champion future skills – Competition portfolio reviews and audit:
• Producing and distributing accurate records of meetings. Acting as secretariat for meetings that are either in person or virtual that will include setting up meetings using Zoom or Teams, minute taking, and recording actions.
4. Operational Impact:
• Administration and co-ordination of activities in line with the project operational plan
• Develop, co-ordinate and maintain appropriate systems and processes, tracking and reporting on activity.
5. To work with internal or external stakeholders at all:
• Liaising with educator partners to ensure key quality assurance documentation is submitted to deadlines and collated on the appropriate systems.
• Monitoring the enquiries, allocating queries to team members and responding to requests for information.
• Providing support to the team in answering queries from staff, external stakeholders and suppliers.
• Assisting the team with arrangements for meetings and events including booking travel, venues, catering and accommodation.
• Supporting the budget management processes; raising purchase orders, processing invoices and monitoring expenditure.
• Maintaining all administrative systems, processes and databases.
• Supporting the monitoring of key performance indicators for learner and educator engagement and prepare data for inclusion in reports.
6. General
In addition to the key tasks and responsibilities set out above, all employees at this level are expected to:
• Contribute to the successful delivery of WorldSkills UK’s strategic priorities and annual business objectives.
• Promote and comply with WorldSkills UK’s Employee Handbook and the policies contained therein with particular reference to those related to Health and Safety and on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Carry out any other duty as may be reasonably assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. Any significant changes will be made in consultation with the post holder acknowledging experience, education and ability.
Person specification
Key: [E] Essential / [D] Desirable.
Qualifications and experience:
• Experience operating as a high-level administrator or coordinator. [E]
• Maths GSCE grade A-C or equivalent [E].
• Experience of working in a team, including dealing with the public [E].
• Experience of using Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint [E].
• Experience developing and/or managing digital learning platforms and systems like Moodle. [D]
Knowledge and skills:
• Strong planning and organisational skills and ability to manage time effectively. [E]
• Excellent communications skills and ability to create high quality and engaging written content. [E]
• Highly IT literate, knowledge of LMS platforms (Moodle) or any CMS would be useful. [E]
• Able to interact with others in a sensitive and diplomatic manner, able to build rapport and establish effective relationships [E].
• Able to organise time effectively, create work schedules, prioritise workload and meet deadlines [E].
• Able to follow directions from supervisors and respect policies and procedures. Demonstrates commitment to the organisation and task completion [E].
• A level of numeracy sufficient to be able to check and reconcile statistics and financial information [E].
• Capacity to learn new systems and software packages. [D]
Personal qualities and attributes:
• Excellent team player and collaborative approach to work. [E]
• A passion to deliver the highest standards of work with attention to detail. [E]
• Very reliable and with a high level of probity. [E]
• Able to work to own initiative with broad direction. [E]
• Able to think creatively and solve problems. [E]
• Flexible in working methods and ideas. [E]
Special circumstances:
• Prepared occasionally to work outside normal hours [D].
• Prepared to travel within the United Kingdom [D].
• Able to spend time away from home [D].
How to apply: Please view the attached supporting document for full details on how to submit an application.
This role is office based (as above) but with flexible hybrid working. It is expected the postholder will attend the office at least once or twice a week.
Full time working hours are a minimum of 35 hours per week, normal working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday although we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and service delivery and are happy to discuss flexible working options, including part time, with suitable candidates.
25 days’ annual leave [which will increase by one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days] plus public and bank holidays.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we are:
The Dalit Solidarity Network is a small human rights organisation working to eliminate caste-based discrimination in the UK and South Asia. Registering as an official charity in 2003, Dalit Solidarity Network UK continues to grow as an effective campaigning and advocacy organisation, working on the issue of caste discrimination in the UK and being an active player in the global movement. Our major areas of work include documenting 'everyday casteism', building capacity of businesses to address caste-discrimination in overseas supply chains and UK operations and working with UK Higher Education Institutions to protect against caste-discrimination.
About the role:
We are seeking a part-time Office Administrator for 2 days/week, initially for one year with a possibility of renewal. The hours can be worked flexibly with prior agreement of the Director. Hybrid-working arrangements (from home and on site) will be considered.
Main responsibilities:
Administration:
· Responsible for day-to-day administration and office management and providing secretarial assistance to the Director & diary management.
· Maintenance of files and records both physical and computerised system filing and computerised database systems and email lists.
· General office management including scheduling meetings, arranging travel, managing expenses, liaising for office management, ordering office supplies, etc.
· Organise and take minutes for key meetings – including quarterly Board meetings and AGM.
· Undertake such duties and responsibilities appropriate to the role as the Director may request.
Communication and Outreach:
· Maintain and update DSN-UK website and social media, coordinate internal and external information-sharing and communication with stakeholders and network partners.
Finance and Accounts:
· Responsible for maintaining records of all financial transactions and reconciliation of all bank statements.
· Assist in the preparation of budgets for donor proposals to ensure all relevant costs are included and that the budget is accurate and comprehensive.
Person specification:
Essential:
- Experience of working in an office providing admin support, including the ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience of management of spread sheets for budgeting, financial analysis and reporting
- Good digital communications skills - including writing emails, newsletters, and drafting web copy, demonstrating good written and oral communications skills in English
- Knowledge and experience of mass email tools and systems
- Experience in taking formal minutes or notes
- Ability to carry out instructions quickly and accurately
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work on own initiative and sometimes unsupervised
- Ability to work as a member of a very small team
- Ability to work to deadlines.
Desirable:
- Experience of updating, managing and maintaining a website and social media platforms
- Experience of working in the UK Voluntary Sector.
Benefits: The Office Administrator is entitled to 25 days annual leave (pro rata, not including bank holidays). Pension scheme with matched contributions of 5%. Hybrid and flexible working of 14 hours/week.
Location: Hybrid working with options for flexibility to work from home - the postholder will be expected to work from our central London office periodically, e.g. 1 day per 2 weeks.
Interviews: Interviews will take place in the week commencing 1 July 2024.
How to apply: To apply, please send your CV and a supporting statement. Candidates will be expected to provide proof of the right to work and reside in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Contracts Administrator
Closing date for applications 23:59 hours on 4th June 2024
Salary £28,890 per annum
To apply via our website
Successful candidates must demonstrate their ability to:
- Represent Safer Renting as contracts administrator for all borough funders or partner organisation ensuring compliance by all parties with procedures and protocols
- Proactively deliver a cycle of performance reports, invoices and periodic reviews between the partners
- Trouble-shoot, recognise potential disputes and escalate issues of non-compliance
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Part-time – 22.5 hours per week
(Working Hours will be scheduled between 9.30am and 8.00pm)
The Brent Centre for Young People is looking for an experienced, dynamic person to join its Clinical Administration Team.
The Brent Centre for Young People is a charity based in North West London (Kilburn) that provides psychotherapeutic treatments to young people aged 11-25 years, who suffer with emotional difficulties and have mental health needs. The Centre has an international reputation and delivers world-leading evidence-based practices to young people across North West London. On average, the centre helps over 700 young people per year through its In-house and Outreach Services.
We are looking for an experienced clinical administrator with strong people and communication skills to help run our clinical services.
This post is an exciting opportunity to be part both of supporting the growth of this new service and supporting clinical administration at the Brent Centre within an existing small team.
The suitable candidate will have at least two years’ experience of clinical and/or general administration and reception duties. This post will suit a confident, reliable individual with strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
You will be expected to be confident in IT skills (including the use of Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level) and apply them to recording data accurately on a daily basis on our client database.
We are looking for someone who demonstrates a high level of professionalism, can work to regular deadlines, can problem solve when faced with difficult situations, adheres to confidentiality and can communicate professionally, politely and effectively with young patients, their families, our clinical and non-clinical staff team and our external contacts, such as GPs.
The post requires sensitivity to the needs of young people with emotional difficulties and the nature of therapeutic work and their families. Experience with young people or with mental health is advantageous.
You will be expected to work a range of shifts between 9.30am to 6pm, 10.30am to 7pm and 11.30am to 8pm, to be agreed.
The candidate will have excellent skills, when carrying out duties of the post.
Closing date: Friday 24th May at 5pm
Interviews: TBC
Shortlisted candidates will be required to take a 30-minute test
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Supporting our Newcastle Operations team, this role will help to build FareShare North East’s capacity to redistribute surplus food in the region. Recruiting, training, and leading volunteers, as well as working to support people on employability skills placement, this role would suit someone with a passion for helping people.
Experience working with volunteers would be beneficial, but full training will be provided to help you grow in the role. No two days are the same at FSNE, with the successful candidate being expected to pitch in and help wherever needed. This exciting opportunity offers the chance to help develop a growing regional charity as it reaches even more people in the community.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Volunteer Recruitment:
- Develop and implement a regional volunteer recruitment strategy that will deliver an extensive pool of diverse and engaged volunteers to ensure the operational needs of FareShare North East (FSNE) are met in a timely manner.
- Recruit, build and maintain relationships with a wide range of regional volunteer sources, ensuring regular engagement leading to long term partnerships.
- Regular liaison with the FareShare UK Volunteering Team to capitalise on national initiatives.
Volunteer Engagement:
- Develop and deliver a regional engagement programme that ensures all volunteers have a rewarding experience, whilst effectively contributing to FSNE’s overall development
- Promote volunteering, internally and externally in collaboration with the FareShare UK Volunteering Team, to ensure that the impact of volunteers is celebrated.
- Deliver the volunteer induction programme to maximise the engagement and contribution of each volunteer.
- Develop and deliver volunteer training, which ensures all volunteers are able to meet their potential and complete their volunteer roles effectively.
Community & Events:
- Work with the wider team to host regular events at our Newcastle warehouse to help attract new volunteers to the charity
- Regularly attend volunteering fairs and events in the community to help raise awareness of FareShare North East and attract new volunteers
- Plan, organise, and host pop up events at a variety of public locations, including supermarkets and shopping centres, to promote FareShare North East to the public, including engaging with potential volunteers
General Duties:
- Always be willing to help stop food going to waste, working with volunteers to respond quickly & proactively to short dated food arriving
- Actively support our food redistribution efforts, jumping on a van, helping out with picking, or pitching in with cleaning alongside our volunteers
- Participate in volunteer events and celebrations, actively engaging our volunteers to ensure they feel valued and keep coming back
- Be approachable & welcoming to volunteers at all times, making sure they feel like part of the team and feel involved in everything that we do
- As a minimum, take part in one volunteering activity every month – spending a day in the warehouse working alongside the volunteers or out on the vans as a driver or driver’s mate
- Support the whole team, spending at least one day per month working in our Middlesbrough warehouse, and support at least one fundraising event per quarter
- Get to know the community groups, visiting at least one each quarter
- Be willing to help out with any other duties as may be required, as well as general duties & responsibilities
Essential Requirements:
- A full Drivers Licence is required, including the willingness to drive delivery vans
Application Process:
- Applications close on Thursday 30th May
- Interviews will take place on Wednesday 5th June
Tinnitus UK is the only registered charity in the UK supporting the one in seven adults who have tinnitus! The charity has recently renamed and rebranded. All part of the ambitious plans fo the charity to raise its profile and relevance even further, to reach and help more people than ever. We are looking for a Fundraising and Events Administrator to provide administrative and operational support to the Fundraising Managers (Corporate, Major Donor, Legacy, Individual Membership, Trusts & Foundations) and to the Head of Services by administering donor and supporter records and assisting with events and general operational duties.
Main Responsibilities
Fundraising General (65%)
- Organizing and maintaining membership and donation data in the CRM database (Donorfy)
- First point of contact for supporter enquiries (email/phone)
- Taking telephone donations when required
- Flagging contact/donations to relevant team members
- Printing and posting thank you letters for offline donors
Events (20%)
- Monitor the events@inbox
- Monitor event bookings and process invoices as required
- Liaise with speakers, attendees and sponsors as appropriate
- Annual Conference - Tinnitus Adviser Training - European Tinnitus Course - Online Tinnitus Workshop - Tinnitus UK Webinars 2024
- Ensure website and Eventbrite accurately reflect current and coming events are upto date including event details.
General (10%)
- Monitor Tinnitus UK email info@ inbox responding to emails or directing to colleagues as necessary
- Stationery and mailroom stock checks and replenishing of stock as required
- Assist the Office Manager with office administrative tasks
- Work across the Tinnitus UK team and assist in all areas of work
- Attend internal and external meetings, events and training
- Assist the office manager with bookings of meetings/conference venues for Trustee Board and other meetings/training days
- Organise travel and accommodation as and when required
- Undertake training (In-house and external) as required
- Be flexible and carry out associated duties that may arise, develop, or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the post
Stewardship (5%)
- Provide a basic level of stewardship to event fundraisers - (thanking, providing publicity materials, passing stories to communications colleagues)
- Administering JustGiving and other fundraising platforms
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
- Good basic education to GCSE standard or equivalent (GCSE grade C or equivalent in Maths and English)
- Entitled to live and work in the UK
- Experience of database administration (CRM desirable)
- Fundraising admin and stewardship
- Events admin and support
- Handling phone, digital and postal enquiries
- Experience of using a number of different IT systems including Microsoft Office 365 - such as Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word & Powerpoint
Desirable
- NVQ level 2/3 in administration or other secretarial qualification
- experience in an office environment providing administrative support to multiple teams
- Experience of using client management databases such as Donorfy (full training provided)
Skills - you will have:
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Recongise the confidentiality of some information and adhere to GDPR guidelines accordingly
- Attention to detail
- Excellent record keeping
- Understanding of confidentiality and GDPR guidelines
- Work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Problem solver with a 'can-do' approach
Personal characteristics - you will be:
- Adaptable
- Purposeful and resourceful
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible and team player
- Enthusiastic
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload
- Commitment to anti-discrimatory practice and equal opportunities. An ability to apply awareness of diversity and inclusivity to all areas of work.
In return we offer:
- Flexible working
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Employee Assistance Program well-being initiative
- Company pension (5% matched employer contribution)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
High Trees are a charity working across 5 thematic service delivery areas and teams (Education and Training, Employment and Careers, Children, Young People and Families, Community Action and Research and Sector Support). All our work is held together by our Operations team, who provide the support and structure that allows all of our service delivery to take place and ensures High Trees as an organisation functions.
We are seeking a skilled Operations Administrator, providing general support across the organisation as a whole, but predominantly working with our Operations team and Co-CEOs to ensure that High Trees remains an effective organisation, able to make the most impact for our beneficiaries. This is a varied and rewarding role which will allow you to build your skills and understanding of how charities operate day-to-day as well as contribute to our governance and strategic ambitions. Your remit will include general office administration; including the admin needed to efficiently manage our offices and community buildings, ensuring our organisational policies and processes are routinely reviewed, updated and implemented; assisting with events; and supporting our governance processes.
You will also carry out the administrative HR functions for High Trees, inducting new staff, maintaining our records on our HR software, facilitating all staff to carry out our mandatory training and helping with the administration of our recruitment processes. You will work with the teams to ensure compliance with our HR policies, procedures and HR paperwork.
Benefits of working at High Trees
- 35 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays and 3 Christmas days) rising by 1 day each year after 2 years’ service (capped at an additional 8 days)
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave after 2 years’ service
- Save money off a new bike with the Cycle to Work scheme
- Up to 7% contribution to the staff pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Support Line
- Clear pay structure with yearly increments (based on performance)
- Annual Staff away day
- Premium eye-care vouchers through Specsavers and season ticket loans
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Post: Project Administrator
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: £23,048.56 - £269,963.55 (annual increments subject to successful appraisals)
Place of Work: Bolton, Greater Manchester
Reports to: Business Support Service Manager
Overall purpose:
- To provide comprehensive administrative support to individual BACKUP schemes and offices.
- To provide accurate information in relation to scheme and service user accounts.
- To provide accurate and up-to-date information and updates to young people making applications for accommodation and support from the charity
- To support facilities/buildings management including Health and Safety
- To operate in line with and uphold all BACKUP policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
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Provide secretarial and administrative service to the organisation
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Provide financial support
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Provide office and reception services
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Maintain information systems
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Be flexible
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Policies & Legislation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Coeliac UK currently has an exciting opportunity for a Admin Support and Assistant, to join our team in High Wycombe, with the option to regularly work from home by agreement with your line manager. You will join us on a part time, temporary 12 months contract . In return you will receive a competitive salary of £12,000 - £14,000 per annum.
For over 50 years Coeliac UK has been helping people with coeliac disease and other gluten related conditions live happier, healthier lives. Striving for better gluten free food in more places, providing independent, trustworthy advice and support to the gluten free community, and funding crucial research to not only manage the impacts of gluten, but also find the answers to coeliac disease.
The Admin Support and Assistant role:
An interesting and varied role. Employed by Coeliac UK to provide administrative support for the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (ISSCD) and assistance to the ISSCD Board, the Executive Officer and the ISSCD committees.
The general objective of the ISSCD is to promote scientific knowledge, education and quality of care in the field of coeliac disease and gluten-mediated human diseases in general and everything related or conducive to this in the broadest sense.
Coeliac UK supports the work of the ISSCD as objectives are aligned.
Key responsibilities of the Admin Support and Assistant:
- Processing new ISSCD Membership applications and update the ISSCD membership database
- Drafting copies for the ISSCD members’ e-newsletter and other communications
- Preparing the ISSCD email schedule working with the Executive Officer and the ISSCD’s support agency based in the Netherlands
- Monitoring the ISSCD generic email accounts and respond accordingly
- Arranging ISSCD meetings
- Preparing agendas and papers for ISSCD Board meetings
- Drafting minutes of ISSCD meetings
- Providing admin support to the ISSCD committees as required
- Assisting with filing and record keeping of ISSCD activities and key documents
Essential experience, skills and knowledge required for the Admin Support and Assistant role:
- Positive and confident
- People person
- Proactive and flexible approach
- Strong team player
- Unflappable, ‘can do’ attitude
- Educated to GCSE standard including Grade C or above in Maths and English
- Confident speller with good command of the English language
- Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision, once provided with guidance
- Knowledge and understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Familiar with the different social media channels and creating posts for engagement, desired but not essential
- CRM and website content management experience desired but not essential.
- Competent use of Microsoft 365; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- On occasions willing to work outside usual hours to accommodate international meetings (different time zones)
If you would like to be considered as our Admin Support and Assistant, please apply now with your CV and cover letter. For your application to be considered, please combine your covering letter and CV into a single document for uploading purposes. We’d love to hear from you!
Listening Books is a charity that provides an excellent audiobook lending service to people whose illness, disability, learning or mental health difficulty, impacts on their ability to read the printed word. Our audiobook catalogue contains over 10,000 titles and we have a total reach of 100,000 members across the UK. We believe that books should be accessible to everyone.
We have a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to join our small team to help grow Listening Books' reach. If you have excellent organisational and research skills, would like to expand your experience in the charity sector and are interested in representing a charity that supports anyone with a print impairment, then we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will provide administrative support to the charity, including answering the main telephone line, opening and processing post, booking couriers and obtaining permission to use members’ quotes in marketing materials.
They will undertake the retention of its sponsored and paying members, by contacting renewing individual and organisational members, with the intention of retaining as many as possible and encouraging their use of the audiobook service.
They will also help increase referrals to our service, by building and developing relationships with local partner charities and other relevant organisations. They will allocate funding to eligible new and renewing sponsored members, helping to meet our funding requirements and expand the charity’s membership base.
Please apply with your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and the job description. Applications should be addressed to Claire Teasell.
We believe that books should be accessible to everyone.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Training Administrator 2024
Talk Action is a community development and training organisation which helps bring brilliant causes to life.
We’re a values-led organisation and a leader in supporting charities, public sector bodies, community groups and social enterprises to maximise their capacity and achieve their development goals through training and project support.
The Role
We’re looking for an experienced administrator to be based at our office on the beautiful Dartington estate in Devon. The Training administrator will manage and promote our online training programme.
Tasks are admin based and some repetitive work is involved. There will be training & supervision on all aspects of the role. You’ll be working with one other person (Jonathan – Founder of Talk action) but some days he will be out of office delivering projects. Although based in a shared space, as other tenants are also part-time, there may be some days you’re working alone.
Tasks
· Plan annual training programme dates and books trainers
· Supply tech support to online courses (Zoom training & support given)
· Deal with bespoke course enquiries
· Reply to course enquiries, enter course booking into spreadsheet and send relevant pre-course info
· Collect new emails for our mailing list (Going online and finding new suitable organisations/people for our courses)
· Entering course information onto free online listings & social media
· Manage mailing lists (adding and removing subscribers)
· Input accounts and receipts (entering expenses & income into a spreadsheet)
Person specification
Essential Skills and Experience
· Attention to detail - to complete repetitive tasks systematically
· Self-motivated and solution focussed
· Comfortable working alone as well as in shared office
· Customer-focused (phone/email) – willing to help and problem solve
· Proficient in using Outlook email, Word, internet searches via Google and at least basic understanding of Excel spreadsheets
Desirable skills
- Passion for social issues & community development
- Interest in marketing projects and programmes of training
- Experience organising training courses or events
We will also interview those people with less experience but that show enthusiasm and potential.
Further development of role – You will have the opportunity to develop new courses, recruit new trainers and explore new marketing avenues (CRM, paid social media ads and new online networks)
We offer
A friendly working environment and experience of dealing with a wide range of interesting people at our online training days. You will be able to contribute to the development and future of a successful social enterprise and have flexible working conditions. Parking available and public transport nearby.
Hours & Location
· Office based role (not hybrid or remote) on Dartington Estate, Devon
· 3 x days per week: Tues - Thurs (with potential for increased days)
· Child/carer friendly hours available
· We are also happy to offer unpaid leave during school holidays
Salary
· £26k - £28k (pro-rata)
· Statutory holiday & sick pay
Deadline for applications: Sunday 8th June 2024
Interview days: 17th & 20th June (Please let us know preference)
A covering letter must be included with your application. Please also let us know your preference for interview day or if available both days.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We're currently offering a unique opportunity for an Administrator to join our team, based predominately at our Residential services in Rochford and Wickford, with some travel to our Billericay site.
Hamelin Trust is comitted to re-imagining social care and finding better ways of helping to achieve their life goals.
As the Administrator, you'll play a pivotal role in providing administrative assistance to the Residential Services Manager and teams. Your responsibilities will involve generating monthly invoices, managing petty cash transactions, overseeing the booking system and databases, and preparing reports, care plans, and correspondence.
To thrive in this role, you should possess prior experience in office administration, coupled with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and proficiency in IT. We value flexibility, adaptability, and a friendly demeanor, alongside a commitment to our values.
The position operates during core hours from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Join us in making a difference and shaping the future of social care!
Hamelin Trust has a duty to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of its service users and is committed to doing so. Hamelin Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure & other safeguarding clearance.
Creating compassionate communities for autistic adults and people with learning disabilities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are delighted to be working with a wonderful membership organisation to recruit a part-time Administrator for an initial period of 2 months, with the likelihood of extending and potentially becoming permanent. The role will be office based for the first 2 weeks and hybrid thereafter.
As part of a busy team of 4, you will be responsible for administering membership applications and welcoming new members.
Key responsibilities will include:
• Review and process new member applications, ensuring that applicants meet membership criteria
• Welcome new members and establish reciprocal relationships with high value members. Manage all work-related contacts and membership projects on the Customer Relationship Management database and proactively identify and improve the efficiency of administrative processes
• Assist in invoicing new and renewing membership subscriptions; produce credit notes and refunds resulting from member enquiries and subscription changes
• Monitor and minimise resigning memberships, initiating conversations to persuade them to stay in membership.
• Deal with membership enquiries via phone, email, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database.
• Assist the senior membership officer to embed good practice in customer service across the team.
• Communicate the benefits of membership to potential member organisations and invite them to join.
• Direct members to relevant benefits included in their membership, help them navigate the organisation’s websites and resources, and signpost them to pertinent teams and other helpful sources.
• Manage work-related contacts and projects on NCVO’s CRM system
• Download reports and segment data
• Responsible for ensuring the contact details and activity records within the database are kept up to date and accurate and within Data Protection Legalisation requirements
• Proactively identify and improve the efficiency of database processes.
Skills and experience required:
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office, its component parts, and using databases
• Knowledge of the voluntary sector
• Excellent communication and influencing skills- orally and in written form
• Act on own initiative, prioritise a heavy workload, flexibility to manage peaks of pressure and excellent attention to detail
• Deliver and sustain high levels of customer service in a pressurised environment
• Experience of a demanding and complex administration
• Experience of using Customer Relationship Management systems to collect and analyse data and run reports
• Experience of providing high quality customer care and successfully dealing with a wide range of people
We are looking to move quickly with this role and anticipate a start date of Monday 20th May.